ROCK STOCK

Almost everyone wants to meet his or her favorite celebrity. The new Hard Rock Cafe at Sawgrass Mills Mall lets you do the next best thing. It has more than 275 pieces of music history on its walls for diners to admire.

Taking a glimpse into the lifestyles of the rich, famous and musically gifted, Hard Rock has their outfits, autographed pictures, platinum records and, of course, guitars.

Oh, yeah, there is also food.

Most of the pieces displayed at Hard Rock, which opened last week, were bought at auctions. There are approximately 53,000 memorabilia pieces on display at the more than 100 Hard Rock Cafes, concert venues and hotels around the world.

For the Sunrise Hard Rock, built 28 years after the first restaurant opened in London, there is a method to the memorabilia madness. Nothing was randomly placed on the walls; instead the restaurant was designed with special care.

"It tells a story," says memorabilia designer Christine Gould. "We started with the '50s then move to the '60s, then '70s, then '80s and then to newer musicians."

Kellye M. Garrett can be reached at kgarrett@sun-sentinel.com or at 954-356-4776.